Australia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Australia is competing at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July.

Australia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	83 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 4 Total 12
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Maddison Keeney	Diving	Women's 1 m springboard	15 July
Gold	Rhiannan Iffland	High diving	Women's high diving	29 July
Gold	Emily Seebohm	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	29 July
Silver	Mack Horton	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	23 July
Silver	Bronte Campbell Brittany Elmslie Shayna Jack Emma McKeon Emily Seebohm* Madison Wilson*	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	23 July
Silver	Emma McKeon	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	24 July
Silver	Emma McKeon	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	26 July
Silver	Bronte Campbell Daniel Cave Grant Irvine* Mitch Larkin Shayna Jack* Emma McKeon Kaylee McKeown* Matthew Wilson*	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay	26 July
Bronze	Emily Seebohm	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	25 July
Bronze	Shayna Jack* Emma McKeon Leah Neale* Kotuku Ngawati Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	27 July
Bronze	Mack Horton	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	30 July
Bronze	Holly Barratt* Bronte Campbell Jessica Hansen* Shayna Jack* Emma McKeon Taylor McKeown Emily Seebohm Brianna Throssell*	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	30 July

Diving

Australia has entered 10 divers (five male and five female).[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kevin Chávez	1 m springboard	330.10	24	N/A		Did not advance
James Connor		323.40	26	N/A		Did not advance
Kevin Chávez	3 m springboard	382.85	31	Did not advance
James Connor		431.90	9 Q	462.30	8 Q	453.80	9
Domonic Bedggood	10 m platform	450.30	6 Q	404.45	13	Did not advance
Declan Stacey		409.45	15 Q	305.00	18	Did not advance
Matthew Carter Kevin Chávez	3 m synchronized springboard	377.91	11 Q	N/A		357.33	12
Domonic Bedggood Declan Stacey	10 m synchronized platform	388.20	9 Q	N/A		387.30	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maddison Keeney	1 m springboard	283.80	1 Q	N/A		314.95
Esther Qin		259.45	7 Q	N/A		281.20	7
Maddison Keeney	3 m springboard	310.95	6 Q	324.80	5 Q	335.50	5
Anabelle Smith		299.10	8 Q	306.75	9 Q	268.95	11
Taneka Kovchenko	10 m platform	318.50	8 Q	282.45	18	Did not advance
Melissa Wu		360.30	2 Q	318.70	11 Q	370.20	5
Maddison Keeney Anabelle Smith	3 m synchronized springboard	297.66	4 Q	N/A		301.23	4
Taneka Kovchenko Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	311.16	3 Q	N/A		308.10	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Esther Qin Matthew Carter	3 m synchronized springboard	282.00	5
Melissa Wu Domonic Bedggood	10 m synchronized platform	306.30	7
Melissa Wu Matthew Carter	Team	325.35	12

High diving

Australia qualified two female high divers.[2]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Rhiannan Iffland	Women's high diving	320.70
Helena Merten		267.35	7

Open water swimming

Australia has entered five open water swimmers[3][4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jack Brazier	Men's 10 km	1:52:32.8	17
	Men's 25 km	5:16:35.0	21
Jack McLoughlin	Men's 5 km	55:04.1	22
Chelsea Gubecka	Women's 10 km	2:00:30.0	9
	Women's 25 km	5:28:41.6	9
Kareena Lee	Women's 5 km	59:28.9	10
	Women's 10 km	2:02:08.1	19
Kiah Melverton	Women's 5 km	59:27.5	=7
Kareena Lee Kiah Melverton Jack Brazier Jack McLoughlin	Mixed team	54:42.9	4

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josh Beaver	50 m backstroke	25.44	22	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.67	10 Q	1:58.10	12	Did not advance
Jack Cartwright	100 m freestyle	48.43	4 Q	48.97	5 Q	48.24	7
Daniel Cave	100 m breaststroke	1:00.22	20	Did not advance
Alexander Graham	200 m freestyle	1:48.67	34	Did not advance
Mack Horton	200 m freestyle	1:46.97	11 Q	1:46.81	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:45.60	5 Q	N/A		3:43.85
	800 m freestyle	DNS		N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:59.24	7 Q	N/A		14:47.70
Zac Incerti	100 m backstroke	54.82	20	Did not advance
Grant Irvine	100 m butterfly	51.67	12 Q	51.31	8 Q	51.00	7
	200 m butterfly	1:56.61	15 Q	1:56.33	12	Did not advance
Mitch Larkin	50 m backstroke	25.24	=18	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.72	7 Q	53.19	6 Q	53.24	6
	200 m backstroke	1:58.00	13 Q	1:59.10	15	Did not advance
Clyde Lewis	200 m individual medley	1:58.06	6 Q	1:59.80	15	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:20.32	21	N/A		Did not advance
Cameron McEvoy	50 m freestyle	21.95	7 Q	21.89	9	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	47.97	1 Q	47.95	4 Q	47.92	4
David McKeon	400 m freestyle	3:45.56	3 Q	N/A		3:46.27	8
Jack McLoughlin	800 m freestyle	7:53.51	13	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:01.55	11	N/A		Did not advance
David Morgan	50 m butterfly	24.19	33	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.90	15 Q	51.73	14	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:56.57	13 Q	1:57.66	16	Did not advance
James Roberts	50 m freestyle	22.29	22	Did not advance
Matthew Wilson	50 m breaststroke	27.69	24	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.98	8 Q	2:08.64	7 Q	2:10.37	8
Jack Cartwright Alexander Graham Zac Incerti Cameron McEvoy	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.45	2 Q	N/A		DSQ
Jack Cartwright Alexander Graham Mack Horton Clyde Lewis David McKeon*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:05.68	1 Q	N/A		7:05.98	4
Mitch Larkin Cameron McEvoy David Morgan Matthew Wilson	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.91	9	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Holly Barratt	50 m backstroke	27.75	5 Q	27.51	=5 Q	27.60	7
	100 m backstroke	59.87	7 Q	59.95	11	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.94	12 Q	25.76	9	Did not advance
Bronte Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.61	5 Q	24.43	5 Q	24.58	=6
	100 m freestyle	53.56	8 Q	53.04	5 Q	53.18	7
Brittany Elmslie	50 m butterfly	26.61	21	Did not advance
Jessica Hansen	50 m breaststroke	30.59	7 Q	30.67	9	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.12	9 Q	1:07.21	13	Did not advance
Shayna Jack	50 m freestyle	24.85	12 Q	24.69	13	Did not advance
Emma McKeon	100 m freestyle	53.47	7 Q	53.20	8 Q	53.21	8
	200 m freestyle	1:56.61	4 Q	1:54.99	2 Q	1:55.18
	100 m butterfly	56.81	3 Q	56.23	2 Q	56.18 OC
Kaylee McKeown	200 m backstroke	2:09.42	8 Q	2:07.40	6 Q	2:06.76 WJ	4
	400 m individual medley	4:43.61	16	N/A		Did not advance
Taylor McKeown	100 m breaststroke	1:06.64	5 Q	1:06.93	9	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.31	3 Q	2:22.10	3 Q	2:23.06	7
Leah Neale	400 m freestyle	4:13.38	16	N/A		Did not advance
Kotuku Ngawati	200 m individual medley	2:13.03	16 Q	2:14.07	16	Did not advance
Emily Seebohm	50 m backstroke	27.91	8 Q	27.51	=5 Q	27.37 OC	4
	100 m backstroke	58.95	3 Q	58.85	2 Q	58.59
	200 m backstroke	2:07.94	3 Q	2:05.81 =OC	1 Q	2:05.68 OC
Brianna Throssell	100 m butterfly	58.66	16 Q	58.21	12	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.98	11 Q	2:10.58	16	Did not advance
Ariarne Titmus	200 m freestyle	1:58.79	17	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:04.26	3 Q	N/A		4:04.26	4
	800 m freestyle	8:37.10	14	N/A		Did not advance
Bronte Campbell Brittany Elmslie Shayna Jack Emma McKeon Emily Seebohm* Madison Wilson*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.18	3 Q	N/A		3:32.01
Shayna Jack* Emma McKeon Leah Neale* Kotuku Ngawati Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.74	4 Q	N/A		7:48.51
Holly Barratt* Bronte Campbell Jessica Hansen* Shayna Jack* Emma McKeon Taylor McKeown Emily Seebohm Brianna Throssell*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.74	5 Q	N/A		3:54.29

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexander Graham Zac Incerti* Louis Townsend Brittany Elmslie Brianna Throssell* Madison Wilson	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:27.49	8 Q	3:25.51	8
Bronte Campbell Daniel Cave Grant Irvine* Shayna Jack* Mitch Larkin Emma McKeon Kaylee McKeown* Matthew Wilson*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.13 OC	2 Q	3:41.21 OC

Synchronized swimming

Australia's synchronized swimming team consisted of 12 athletes (12 female).[5]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hannah Cross Jane Fruzynski Kiera Gazzard Danielle Kettlewell Kirsten Kinash (R) Sue-Ann Lim (R) Nikita Pablo Rachel Presser Emily Rogers Amie Thompson	Team technical routine	72.6056	20	Did not advance
Hannah Cross Jane Fruzynski Kiera Gazzard Danielle Kettlewell Erica Li (R) Nikita Pablo Rachel Presser Emily Rogers Amie Thompson Kazia Zenke (R)	Team free routine	76.0333	18	Did not advance

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo

Australia qualified both a men's and women's teams.[6][7]

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Edward Slade
• Timothy Putt
• George Ford
• Joe Kayes
• Nathan Power
• Lachlan Edwards
• Jarrod Gilchrist
• Aaron Younger (C)
• Andrew Ford
• James Fannon
• Lachlan Hollis
• Nicolas Brooks
• Anthony Hrysanthos

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	2	1	0	35	19	+16	5[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	40	23	+17	5[lower-alpha 1]	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	19	36	−17	2
4	France	3	0	0	3	26	42	−16	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) better result against higher placed team.
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Hungary placed higher because of better goal difference against Australia.

17 July 2017 20:10	Report	Australia	3–13	Hungary	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–4, 1–2, 0–6
		three players 1	Goals	Varga 4

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19 July 2017 09:30	Report	France	10–11	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–2, 1–3, 3–2
		Crousillat 3	Goals	Younger 3

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21 July 2017 21:30	Report	Australia	5–13	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–3, 3–2, 0–3
		five players 1	Goals	Figlioli, Bodegas 3

Playoffs

23 July 2017 13:30	Report	Brazil	3–8	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 1–2, 0–2
		G. Guimarães 2	Goals	Kayes 3

Quarterfinals

25 July 2017 16:10	Report	Serbia	15–5	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 4–2, 3–0
		Filipović 3	Goals	five players 1

5th–8th place semifinals

27 July 2017 15:00	Report	Australia	4–8	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 1–1, 0–2
		Hollis 2	Goals	Di Fulvio, Figlioli 2

Seventh place game

29 July 2017 12:00	Report	Russia	7–10	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 1–3, 1–1
		Kholod 3	Goals	Younger 2

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Lea Yanitsas
• Keesja Gofers
• Hannah Buckling
• Bronte Halligan
• Isobel Bishop
• Amy Ridge
• Rowie Webster (C)
• Jessica Zimmerman
• Joe Arancini
• Lena Mihailovic
• Morgan Baxter
• Madeleine Steere
• Lilian Hedges

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	0	1	37	22	+15	4[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	32	20	+12	4[lower-alpha 1]	Playoffs
3	Russia	3	2	0	1	29	21	+8	4[lower-alpha 1]
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15	50	−35	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Greece 2 Pts, +1 GD; Australia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Russia 2 Pts, −1 GD

16 July 2017 18:50	Report	Australia	16–4	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 4–2, 4–0
		Webster 5	Goals	Zakirova 2

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18 July 2017 17:30	Report	Australia	8–5	Russia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 3–1, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Borisova 2

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20 July 2017 10:50	Report	Australia	8–11	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–3, 1–3
		Gofers 3	Goals	Asimaki, El. Plevritou 3

Playoffs

22 July 2017 22:00	Report	France	2–16	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–4, 1–1, 1–6
		Millot, Battu 1	Goals	Arancini 4

Quarterfinals

24 July 2017 16:10	Report	United States	7–5	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–0, 2–2, 2–3
		Musselman, Raney 2	Goals	Gofers 4

5th–8th place semifinals

26 July 2017 13:30	Report	Italy	11–11 ^(7–6 PSO)	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–3, 1–3, 3–2  PSO: 7–6
		Bianconi 5	Goals	Webster 4

Seventh place game

28 July 2017 12:00	Report	Australia	6–8	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–4, 3–3, 2–0
		six players 1	Goals	Tsoukala 3

References

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2. "Qualified High Divers". www.fina.org/. International Swimming Federation (FINA). Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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4. "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Women". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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